cultural flavours

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Published 2017

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“food from your own hands” *Nawal Um Salech*

“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house & eat with him … the people who give you their food, give you their heart”. In this quote César Chávez, an American civil rights activist, captures the very essence of Arabic character, where food and culinary traditions create the cultural flavours that stem from and flow through every chapter of The Galilean Kitchen.

Through the eyes and palates of Arabic women and across the diversity of culinary influences gleaned from Druze, Muslim, Christian and Bedouin communities, we capture and reveal a unique insight into the Arabic woman’s inherent love of cooking traditional dishes. Arabic women memorise recipes from a tender age, developing individual styles of homely cooking which is undoubtedly heavily influenced by that patriarchal and devout society. Their unique culinary knowledge gives these women a voice, as they express themselves through the neutral platform of food.